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Podcast Script Outline

Music

Narration opener, establish subject/ interviewees/ theme\

Welcome to Fear and You,
a podcast of real life terrifying encounters. This week we bring you
two tales of individuals who have had sincere experiences with terror:
Jack and John, University of Vermont students, who frequently flirt with
the darker aspects of life . We also sat down with University of
Vermont professor, Dr. Tony Magistrale, to discuss what draws us to the
consumption of fear. We asked him just what is so appealing about the
genre of terror.

Tony Magistrale established, essence of horror

The layout of horror and how it takes effect on generations in changing ways. Implied zeitgeist

The humanist experience, the awe of terror, repulsion-attraction

Transition music+narration to re-establish character

Tony
has told us how Horror is an encompassing lifestyle choice; it drags
people in and doesn’t spit them out until it is done with them. In our
quest to find out why people are so attracted to the blood and gore of
horror ,we have delved into various stories of real life horror seekers,
those who consume fictional horror and then encounter those experiences
in their actual lives.. We bring you to Jack, the UVM student who
sought out a real life scare.

#1 story: Avid consumer
of horror, what he was looking for at asylum, entering basement/open
floor crumbling/ door hole “enter”/roof

We’ve established that
Jack is an avid consumer of horror, just like Tony he agrees that horror
is used to showcase contemporary issues within society. The main
difference between Jack and Tony is that Jack went out of the theater
and into the real world. (Music Segue)

When you look at Jack you
would never know he is someone who is so engrossed by the world of
horror. He’s a nice guy from a New York City Suburb who sticks to the
rules. Most people who know jack would find this story pretty shocking!

Kings
Park is a suburb of New York City, but it is not traditional suburbia,
it is home to building that have been overgrown with vines and trees,
and home to a haunting past, it is the site of the Old Kings Park Insane
Asylum… that has been undisturbed for the past fifty years…. a scene
straight out of the walking dead… Kings Park may be the epitome of true
horror

(When Jack is on top of building) They re-emerged into the light, now the only thing they had to do, was get back down.

Tony: What do people want from horror –

After
hearing about Jack’s story, we asked Tony about those who seek out
horror in the real world. Here’s what he had to say about them.
(Narrate) we create the

linkage of the stories and re-introduce character 2

#2: The ghost, lack of fear

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Tony: The ultimate gain of horror, what we receive

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Summation, reiterate question, but now with answer (?), leave a question for audience

There
we have it, two tales of individuals encountering the darker aspects of
life. Jack sought out the fear, wanting to understand it. Meanwhile,
John met the supernatural and was unperturbed. Both left with their
lives touched by the ununderstandable. Professor Magistrale tells us
that

Story #2: John, UVM student and avid woodsman,
traveled through woods with his father, meet a man alone in the woods
wearing period clothing, asked antiquated questions about area,
disappeared with no evidence of existing

Let’s move forward and
talk to John. John is another UVM student with an affliction for horror
and anything considered dark. Outside of this, he is an avid woodsman
and considers the outdoors to be one of the most replenishing and
peaceful aspects of life. He sat down with us to recount a tale of a
time where he and his father had a spooky encounter in the woods one
night. Let’s take a listen.

The man seemed to take an interest
in John and his father, enough so to stop his journey and interact with
them, questioning the area.

It’s clear that John had mixed
feelings on this interaction with the perceived ghost, it was an
interesting interaction nonetheless.

EPIC SCARY MUSIC(music segue)

FINAL
NARRATION: Horror comes in many shapes and forms as we have seen. Tony,
is a scholar of horror. He reads, eats, and sleeps horror, but he is
extremely adverse to running out into the real world and interacting
with the horrific experiences that some seek out on a regular basis.
Jack, our UVM student who is a fan of the horror genre takes his
fictional desires out into the real world. Not only did he break the law
by trespassing on to abandoned government property, but he also put
himself at risk by venturing into the unknown. John’s story of having a
strange encounter in the woods shows the presence of horror in the real
world, and how it happens to find you even if you aren’t searching for
it. John’s paranormal encounter stretches any limitations that we have
on the horror genre. While all three interviewees have had such
different stories and life experiences that influence how they view the
world and how they feel about horror their scary experiences are part of
who they are. Their interactions with the scary, unknown, and
paranormal have shaped them in many ways. For those listening at home;
How does fear affect you? Think about Tony, Jack, and John’s
interactions with horror and let us know your story… who knows maybe
you’ll be next? Thanks for tuning and stay spooky!